In this edition MindFlow:
- Aswer the question of the week: "What is the concept of the album Just the two of us... me and Them?"
- Talks about the inspiration of the new album.
- much more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU4aC9K-CNs
KEEP FLOWING...
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Ladies and Gents…The one and only…OUR EGO!
Fill in the blaks:
The mountain is an ocean. The ocean is a …….
As we all know, a mirror reflects the exact same image that stands in front of it. (Maybe if you are in an amusement park standing in front a funny mirror the statement above doesn’t apply… but you got the picture). The mirror doesn’t think, it just does. It’s his essence.
Our Real Ego is like a straight mirror; it doesn’t have a shape or even a filling. It just refects.
But our ego, ohhh…that’s different! Our Ego has a selfish consciousness that is really distant from our outside, a mere phenomenon from this finite world we live in.
Sometimes kindness stands in front of us and we reflect hate.
Sometimes love and hate stands in front of us and we choose only to reflect or give back hate, is like we have the ability to reflect only what is good for our interesting. (The real mirrors must be jealous!!! They can’t do that!!!)
Probably we would suffer a lot less if we could see death as life, bright as dark, a table as a flower and maybe love as love… The fact is we distort life for our ego’s benefit. (Maybe we live in an amusement park… with a funny essence).
The ocean is a ….
LET YOUR MINDFLOW...
The mountain is an ocean. The ocean is a …….
As we all know, a mirror reflects the exact same image that stands in front of it. (Maybe if you are in an amusement park standing in front a funny mirror the statement above doesn’t apply… but you got the picture). The mirror doesn’t think, it just does. It’s his essence.
Our Real Ego is like a straight mirror; it doesn’t have a shape or even a filling. It just refects.
But our ego, ohhh…that’s different! Our Ego has a selfish consciousness that is really distant from our outside, a mere phenomenon from this finite world we live in.
Sometimes kindness stands in front of us and we reflect hate.
Sometimes love and hate stands in front of us and we choose only to reflect or give back hate, is like we have the ability to reflect only what is good for our interesting. (The real mirrors must be jealous!!! They can’t do that!!!)
Probably we would suffer a lot less if we could see death as life, bright as dark, a table as a flower and maybe love as love… The fact is we distort life for our ego’s benefit. (Maybe we live in an amusement park… with a funny essence).
The ocean is a ….
LET YOUR MINDFLOW...
Monday, March 2, 2009
If we want to transform the world, we must first transform ourselves
I will use irony on this post; it seems to work better when confronting the obvious.
If we want something, we have to do the actions that lead us to that particular result. For example: If you want to walk through a wall, you have to walk towards the right door, open it and walk! Simple! We do things like that all the time. (That’s the obvious part I was talking before).
Moving forward with the obvious adding a little taste of irony…
Let’s say we all want something different then just walk from one place to another, let’s say for instance we want PEACE. So, like the previous example going to the other room was our objective, peace is now what we are focusing on.
You have to reach to the instrument that makes our objective possible; we have to open the door to peace. Ohhh I Know there isn’t such door… But if you curse people at traffic, lie (even a small lie counts), do things are good for you but bad to others you are locking the pass way to peace, its like you are putting heavy furniture in front of the door, making even harder to get to your objective.
The irony and the best part of life are that the title of a blog or a book always tells us the more important secrets. But the “ah… now I see” comes always after the whole reading.
Why?
LET YOUR MINDFLOW…
If we want something, we have to do the actions that lead us to that particular result. For example: If you want to walk through a wall, you have to walk towards the right door, open it and walk! Simple! We do things like that all the time. (That’s the obvious part I was talking before).
Moving forward with the obvious adding a little taste of irony…
Let’s say we all want something different then just walk from one place to another, let’s say for instance we want PEACE. So, like the previous example going to the other room was our objective, peace is now what we are focusing on.
You have to reach to the instrument that makes our objective possible; we have to open the door to peace. Ohhh I Know there isn’t such door… But if you curse people at traffic, lie (even a small lie counts), do things are good for you but bad to others you are locking the pass way to peace, its like you are putting heavy furniture in front of the door, making even harder to get to your objective.
The irony and the best part of life are that the title of a blog or a book always tells us the more important secrets. But the “ah… now I see” comes always after the whole reading.
Why?
LET YOUR MINDFLOW…
Monday, February 2, 2009
We are all human
BELEM, Brazil, Jan 27 (IPS) - A human banner made up of more than 1,000 people, seen and photographed from the air, sent the message "SOS Amazon" to the world, in the first action taken by indigenous people hours before the opening in northern Brazil on Tuesday of the 2009 World Social Forum (WSF).The mass message reflects the concern about global warming:
"We are raising our voices as a wake-up call to the world, especially the rich countries that are hastening its destruction," said Edmundo Omoré, a member of the Xavante indigenous community from the west-central state of Mato Grosso on the border between the Amazon region and the Cerrado, a vast savannah region in the centre of the country.
In this situation, indigenous people should have political participation as of right, not "as folklore or as a merely cultural contribution," Espinoza, one of the coordinators of the indigenous peoples' presence at the WSF, told IPS.
Furthermore, "we are the first to suffer the effects" of climate change. Rich people can cool themselves down with air conditioners and buy food in supermarkets, but "we depend on the fish in the river and the animals in the forest, so we are concerned about the future that belongs to everyone," added Batista. (END/2009)
If we keep destroying our planet and taking more than we need, obviously we will end up with nothing, and as a human tradition, we will destroy ourselves.
Do your part! You are human too!
LET YOUR MINDFLOW…
Monday, January 26, 2009
Why?
FGV (Getúlio Vargas’s Foundation) put together a study indicating that 53% of the Brazilian population doesn’t have access to basic sanitation and if based on the progress made along the country’s history, the problem will be completely solved on the year 2122.
On the other hand the public machine grew. According to the government, on the first 3 years of the actual administration, more than 37,500 new political ranks were created with no further explanation. The spends pass over US$ 300 millions with all that people.
Problems like lack of basic sanitation for more than half of the people living in Brazil, poverty and no access to medical care are not new issues in Brazilian history.
So we can’t help but to ask why spend US$ 300 millions creating 37,500 new inside the government jobs when you can invest this money to solve problems or, at least, to extinguish the suffering from the more needed? This question may sound naïve, and the government probably has a very wise answer.
But the fact remains…
Apparently, for some unknown reason, the government prefer to grow than to do the job they were hired to.
They prefer to become fat, leaving the children thinner.
LET YOUR MINDFLOW…
On the other hand the public machine grew. According to the government, on the first 3 years of the actual administration, more than 37,500 new political ranks were created with no further explanation. The spends pass over US$ 300 millions with all that people.
Problems like lack of basic sanitation for more than half of the people living in Brazil, poverty and no access to medical care are not new issues in Brazilian history.
So we can’t help but to ask why spend US$ 300 millions creating 37,500 new inside the government jobs when you can invest this money to solve problems or, at least, to extinguish the suffering from the more needed? This question may sound naïve, and the government probably has a very wise answer.
But the fact remains…
Apparently, for some unknown reason, the government prefer to grow than to do the job they were hired to.
They prefer to become fat, leaving the children thinner.
LET YOUR MINDFLOW…
Monday, January 5, 2009
Learn Your Soul Profile
Ahhh… 2009!
The New Year always brings us that fresh feeling. It gives us power and motivation to start something new. And with the experience of the past years that oneday were just as fresh as 2009, we became what we are.
The New Year opens great possibilities for statements like “This year I will do…” or "2009 is the year when I will become…"
It’s a great feeling!
We just want to suggest to all of us one more phrase to be added to the couple above: Who are we actually?
Reading the article from the "Alliance for a New Humanity" we found a series of questions to help us answer that.
Write down your response to each of the following, using three words. This will be your soul profile, a list of 21 qualities that are present in your life and can be actualized today. If you act on the basis of these qualities, you are living from the level of your soul.
1. What is your purpose for being here?
2. What will be your contribution to the world?
3. What do you see as your unique talents?
4. What are the best qualities you display in your closest relationships?
5. Who are your heroes in myth and legend?
6. Which qualities do you most admire in others?
7. At the peak moments of your life, how did you feel?
"Be the Change You Wish to See in the World…" - Mahatma Gandhi
The New Year always brings us that fresh feeling. It gives us power and motivation to start something new. And with the experience of the past years that oneday were just as fresh as 2009, we became what we are.
The New Year opens great possibilities for statements like “This year I will do…” or "2009 is the year when I will become…"
It’s a great feeling!
We just want to suggest to all of us one more phrase to be added to the couple above: Who are we actually?
Reading the article from the "Alliance for a New Humanity" we found a series of questions to help us answer that.
Write down your response to each of the following, using three words. This will be your soul profile, a list of 21 qualities that are present in your life and can be actualized today. If you act on the basis of these qualities, you are living from the level of your soul.
1. What is your purpose for being here?
2. What will be your contribution to the world?
3. What do you see as your unique talents?
4. What are the best qualities you display in your closest relationships?
5. Who are your heroes in myth and legend?
6. Which qualities do you most admire in others?
7. At the peak moments of your life, how did you feel?
"Be the Change You Wish to See in the World…" - Mahatma Gandhi
Monday, December 29, 2008
Looking to 2009
2008 was the year when we brought together things that should be faraway from each other, we created and turned into pieces, lights on and then absolut darkness.
We are on the edge. It is time for an U-turn on our behavior. Living a fragile state of peace is not enough. We are destructive devices, lethal to this world, and it seems that it doesn't hurt us, it seems we are living under an alias. But the inevitable nightfall will come and will bring 2009 to us. Please let us transform this inapt world in the breakthrough of mankind.
And that our shocking deathbed confession be: we fought to make a better world.
Next year, let you decide to be better.
Let your MindFlow...
We are on the edge. It is time for an U-turn on our behavior. Living a fragile state of peace is not enough. We are destructive devices, lethal to this world, and it seems that it doesn't hurt us, it seems we are living under an alias. But the inevitable nightfall will come and will bring 2009 to us. Please let us transform this inapt world in the breakthrough of mankind.
And that our shocking deathbed confession be: we fought to make a better world.
Next year, let you decide to be better.
Let your MindFlow...
Monday, December 22, 2008
The Christmas Meditation
It’s amazing how things repeat themselves over and over again. You can change the subject, but never the feeling. The sensation is always the same.
The Christmas Meditation is the title of this post because I found it really interesting to compare this moment of the year with a single second of self-learning.
Why?
Christmas is the moment when you look to others with compassion, you finally see the person across the street more like your brother… someone like you. People gather themselves to help others in need, the whole family gets together just to be together. It seems that the whole world got better for a moment!
Meditation is an exercise you can train your mind to be more peaceful and alert. You can see things more clear and your so-called ego, is not that important anymore. Meditation let you more human to understand humanity. To understand yourself.
For those who never saw a person meditate, they are the ones whom are sitting at the beach, eyes closed, looking peaceful. They are exercising meditation.
But to meditate, like written above it’s a training. An exercise to transpose the peace and alert state of mind to our daily routine, fighting traffic, paying bills etc. (Between us, we don’t need inner peace and attention sitting at a beautiful and calm beach.)
What all this meditation thing has to do with Christmas?
I don’t know either… but would not be great if the person across the street was your brother all the days of the year?
LET YOUR MINDFLOW…
The Christmas Meditation is the title of this post because I found it really interesting to compare this moment of the year with a single second of self-learning.
Why?
Christmas is the moment when you look to others with compassion, you finally see the person across the street more like your brother… someone like you. People gather themselves to help others in need, the whole family gets together just to be together. It seems that the whole world got better for a moment!
Meditation is an exercise you can train your mind to be more peaceful and alert. You can see things more clear and your so-called ego, is not that important anymore. Meditation let you more human to understand humanity. To understand yourself.
For those who never saw a person meditate, they are the ones whom are sitting at the beach, eyes closed, looking peaceful. They are exercising meditation.
But to meditate, like written above it’s a training. An exercise to transpose the peace and alert state of mind to our daily routine, fighting traffic, paying bills etc. (Between us, we don’t need inner peace and attention sitting at a beautiful and calm beach.)
What all this meditation thing has to do with Christmas?
I don’t know either… but would not be great if the person across the street was your brother all the days of the year?
LET YOUR MINDFLOW…
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
MindFlow Videoblog #3
In the new Videoblog you can watch MindFlow answering "Why MindFlow?".
You can find some news, like how to get a MindFlow free sticker.
And they take you to one of the stores of the company that developed the new "Destructive Device" t-shirt with them.
CHECK IT OUT!
You can find some news, like how to get a MindFlow free sticker.
And they take you to one of the stores of the company that developed the new "Destructive Device" t-shirt with them.
CHECK IT OUT!
Monday, December 15, 2008
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.”
This is one of many articles from "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights".
These lines seems obvious and for that we shouldn't dedicate our blog to remember people about that, right?
It is impossible someone being discriminated just because his place of birth!
No way, everyone is happy as hell all over the world!
Yes, I am being ironic. And if you, from the very beginning, noticed that irony between the lines, it means you are aware that people around the world still suffer because its social origin, sexual orientation, color, opinion, etc.
If it is so brutally obvious, why this kind of discrimination still live among us, strong and vivid? Maybe because is easier to destroy than build, to let rot than create.
Let’s create life.
www.humanrightsactioncenter.org
MindFlow "Fragile State of Peace": The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
LET YOUR MINDFLOW…
This is one of many articles from "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights".
These lines seems obvious and for that we shouldn't dedicate our blog to remember people about that, right?
It is impossible someone being discriminated just because his place of birth!
No way, everyone is happy as hell all over the world!
Yes, I am being ironic. And if you, from the very beginning, noticed that irony between the lines, it means you are aware that people around the world still suffer because its social origin, sexual orientation, color, opinion, etc.
If it is so brutally obvious, why this kind of discrimination still live among us, strong and vivid? Maybe because is easier to destroy than build, to let rot than create.
Let’s create life.
www.humanrightsactioncenter.org
MindFlow "Fragile State of Peace": The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
LET YOUR MINDFLOW…
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
MindFlow Videoblog #2
This Week's MindFlow Videoblog, with Rafael Pensado (drums) and Ricardo Winandy (bass) talking about:
- the new Destructive Device VideoClip, for the song Breakthrough.
- introducing MindFlow's office and staff.
- a charity concert and the new movement.
- answering questions and comments.
CHECK IT OUT & leave your comment!
- the new Destructive Device VideoClip, for the song Breakthrough.
- introducing MindFlow's office and staff.
- a charity concert and the new movement.
- answering questions and comments.
CHECK IT OUT & leave your comment!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
MindFlow VideoBlog #1
The New MindFlow VideoBlog is online now!
There will be a new video every week (every wednesday) with some of MindFlow news and thoughts.
Check it out and leave your comments and suggestions for the next one!
There will be a new video every week (every wednesday) with some of MindFlow news and thoughts.
Check it out and leave your comments and suggestions for the next one!
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